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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Diane's Fulled Afghan Carpet Bag

Diane -- one of our indispensable behind-the-scenes volunteers -- emailed me photos of her version of our Fulled Afghan Carpet bag pattern. Diane made such a beautiful bag using Lambs Pride (and she has some nice kilims, as you can see). Our pattern was designed by Marilyn King of Black Water Abbey Yarns based on a small pile carpet tribal bag.

Diane helps with responding to our incoming emails. Where does the time go? I have absolutely no idea. Here's Diane with us back in December 2010. I am grateful for Diane's support and very impressed with her Afghan Carpet Bag. I always think that felting/fulling takes courage.

The afghans for Afghans project has 6 Afghan-theme patterns that we sell to promote cross-cultural appreciation. One of these days I will turn them into downloadable PDFs. We're still sending out paper patterns in plastic sleeves.

THE BASICS

afghans for Afghans is a people-to-people project that knits and crochets wool garments as a practical gesture of friendship and respect for the people of Afghanistan. In partnership with the San Francisco office of the American Friends Service Committee, our project started in late 2001 in response to the war that unfolded after 9/11. This follows a long-time tradition of knitting for others at times of war and crisis. Afghan families still need to know that we care. Join us here for camaraderie, inspiration, and mutual support with projects.

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